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Unit 8 Station Yard Colne Road Earby Lancashire BB18 6XB

25/0830/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 March 2026

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Full: Change of use from Use Class B8 (Storage and Distribution) to Use Class E(d) (Indoor sport, recreation or fitness).

Received
14 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Earby & Coates
  1. Received14 Dec
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.5 Feb
  4. Target25 Feb
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 8 Station Yard Colne Road Earby Lancashire BB18 6XB. Pendle has handled 1,312 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 4 weeks longer than Pendle's typical decision time. The site is in the Earby conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Earby & Coates. We hold 502 applications in total for the BB18 postcode area.

85% of full applications at Pendle Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BB18 6XB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Earby Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2026
Consultation expiry
13 February 2026
Consultation start
15 January 2026
Consultation end
5 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
15 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
5 February 2026
Last date for comments
13 February 2026
Target decision date
25 February 2026
Permission expires
3 March 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
13 February 2026
Site notice start
16 January 2026
Site notice end
6 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14547126
Documents
27
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Earby

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Pendle

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